Dhule Mahanagar Palika Election 2018: SP candidate elected unopposed

Ansari Fatima is declared elected unopposed after nomination papers of her three rivals were rejected on technical grounds

Saturday November 24, 2018 11:01 AM, ummid.com Staff Reporter

Dhule: Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Ansari Fatema has been declared unopposed in Dhule where polling for the Mahanagar Palika Election (Dhule Municipal Corporation Election) is scheduled to be held on Sunday December 09.

Ansari Fatima is declared elected unopposed after nomination papers of her three rivals were rejected on technical grounds.

The election commission found the nomination papers of Zubaida Afzal Khan, Ansari Fauzia and Shaikh Naseem invalid on technical grounds and hence rejected them. This left Ansari Fatima the lone contender on the seat.

Ansari Fatema is wife of Noorul Ameen of Congress Minority Cell. Noorul Ameen had sought party ticket for his wife Ansari Fatema from 12A Ward. The party however rejected his demand as the ward was given to NCP as part of the deal between the two parties.

Maharashtra State Election Commissioner J S Saharia had earlier said that polling for the Dhule Municipal Corporation (DMC), also known as Dhule Mahanagar Palika, 2018 election will be held on Sunday December 09, 2018 and counting of votes and announcement of result will be made on Monday December 10, 2018.

The Dhule Municipal Corporation (DMC) has a population of 4,46,094 and total number of voters are 3,29,596. More than 700 candidates have filed nomination papers for the 2018 Dhule civic election. Last date of withdrawal is November 26.

In 2013, Dhule Municipal Corporation (DMC) election was held on Decemver 15, 2013 for 35 wards to elect a total of 70 councillors – two each from a ward.

As per the Dhule Municipal Corporation 2013 results, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won 34 seats in the 70-member house. Shiv-Sena won 11 seats. Its alliance partner BJP won just 03 seats whereas the Congress party won 07 seats. On the other hand, the Loksangram Party of local MLA Anil Gote could win just 01 seat.

The Independents had won on 10 seats whereas the Bahujan Samaj Party had won on 01 seat. The Samajwadi Party, which fought the election for the first time from Dhule had won 03 seats in the 2013 Dhule Municipal Corporation (DMC) elections.

A total of 16 Muslims belonging to the NCP, Congress, Samajwadi Party and independents had won in the last election. The polling percent was about 61%.